Bag-holder.



F. APPLEBY & E. A. HUBBART.

BAG HOLDER.`

APPLICATION HLED MAY 1a, 1911.

1,018,228. Patented Fenzo, 1912.

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FRANK APPLEBY AND' EDV/'IN A. HUBBABT, OF WATTS FLATS, NEW YORK.

BAG-HOLDER.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Application led May 13, 1911. Serial No. 626,906.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK APPLEBY and EDWIN A. HUBBART, citizens of the United States, residing at Watts Flats, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to bag holders, and has for its primary object the provision of a holder of this character in which a bag may be conveniently held open for the easy filling thereof, the support for the bag being vertically adjustable, so as to permit various sizes of bags to be supported thereby.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a bag holder in which the frame thereof may be readily and easily adjusted, so as to stand upon level or uneven surfaces, without possibility of the tilting of the same.

A. further object of the invention is the provision of a bag holder which is simple in construction, durable, reliable and elficient in operation, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andpointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag holder constructed in accordance with the invention, the same showing a bag supported thereby. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the bag holder. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the bag holder comprises a frame, the same including front and rear supporting legs 5 and 6, respectively, the lower ends of which are slightly outbent, so as to be spread apart a considerable distance from each other, and are formed with outturned feet 7, provided with suitable perforations through which are passed fasteners for the securing of the frame in upright position upon a foundation, the upper ends of the legs 5 being rearwardly and inwardly curved and engaged in a T connection 8, while the upper end of the rear leg 6 is also engaged in said connection, so as to give rigidity and strength to the frame.

Connected medially with the front and rear legs 5 and 6 is a rearwardly arched brace iron 9, the ends of which are bent to form eye clips 10 which embrace the front legs 5 and have passed therethrough bolt vmembers 11, thus securing the said clip ends 1() fast about the front legs. Embracing the rear leg 6 and fastened in the brace iron 9 is a staple-like fastener 12 which secures the braceV iron to the rear leg of the frame. Thus, it will be obvious that the brace iron will prevent the outward spreading of the legs when subjected to strain, or a heavy weight.

Connected with the frame for vertical adjustment thereon is a hopper supporting bracket, comprising front and rear sections 13 and 14, respectively, the same being formed with alining notches in their inner adjacent edges for receiving the front legs 5 of the frame.

Formed medially in the front edge of the front section 13 of the bracket is a semic-ircular recess, in which is seated a funnellike hopper 15, the latter being secured to the bracket by means of suitable fasteners 16, and secured to the flared mouth edge of this hopper 15 are strap yokes 17, the same loosely embracing the front legs 5, so that the hopper will be sustained rigid and prevented from displacement on the latterwhen the same has been adjusted vertically upon the frame.

Secured in the front section 13 of the bracket and passed through a suit-able opening in the rear section is a binding screw 18, on the outer end of which is threaded a winged nut 19, the latter working against the rear or outer edge of the section 14, so that upon working the nut inwardly upon the screw 18, the sections 13 and 14 of the bracket will be clamped to the front legs 5 of the fra-me, thereby sustaining the said bracket in adjusted posit-ion on the latter. The front section 13 of the bracket has mounted therein dowel pins 20, projecting rearwardly from its rear edge and engaged in suitable sockets formed in the rear section 14 for guiding the lat-ter toward and away from the front section, and alsovserving to prevent any correlative movement of the sections of the bracket when being adjusted on the trame.

Mounted eXteriorly at intervals upon the hopper 15, near its lower edge, are hooks 2l, with which is engaged and hung a bag 22 for sustaining the same open, and holding it in proper position while being filled.

The hopper may be lowered or elevated from the foundation on which stands the frame, so as to accommodate bags of varying lengths when hung on the hooks on the hopper for the filling of said bag.

It is evident that the bracket may be locked in adjusted position, when vertically adjusted on the frame.

What is claimed is:

A bag holder comprising a supporting frame having downwardly diverging front and rear legs, a coupling connecting` the upper ends of the legs together, a rearwardly arched brace iron engaged with each of the legs intermediate the ends thereof, an adjustable bracket carried by the iframe, means for clamping said bracket to the frame, a hopper fixed to the bracket and having guide links at its mouth edge embracing the front legs ot' the frame, and hooks fixed to the hopper at intervals thereon near its lower edge for the hanging of a bag upon the hopper to sustain the said bag in open position.

In testimony whereof we atlix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK APPLEBY. EDWIN A. HUBBART.

Witnesses GEO. W. APPLEBY, CHARLES E. REXFORD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

